(Los Angeles, CA, August 10, 2017) – On the heels of a sold-out critically acclaimed summer tour, longtime Fleetwood Mac members Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie announced today the second leg of their North American tour. The pair will hit an additional 22 stops on this leg of the tour beginning in San Jose, CA and wrapping in Sugar Land, TX. Tickets will go on sale Friday, August 18th to the general public except for Louisville which will go on sale Friday, August 25th. American Express pre-sale for cardholders will begin Tuesday, August 15th at 10am local time. The duo also announced a new single going to radio this week “Lay Down For Free.”

“Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie Introduce Vibrant New Material at Sold-Out L.A. Show…It’s not often that rock legends depart their comfort zones and pair off for experimentation…..and in this current 19-song show with McVie, there is just enough of it — plus enough of the familiar — to create a truly intriguing evening.” – Billboard

“Buckingham McVie Brought Down the House in Downtown Phoenix” – Phoenix New Times

“…The gusto with which Buckingham and McVie approached the night animated both their new material and classic cuts” – The Boston Globe

Simply titled LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM/CHRISTINE McVIE, the 10-song album is now available on CD, LP, and all digital and streaming services via Atlantic Records. The North American tour began on June 21st in Atlanta, GA. A full itinerary of newly added dates for the tour can be found below.

Of the album, NPR writes “The marvel is that these two longtime band mates can simultaneously stand on their own and exert a gentle pull on each other, expanding our appreciation of them as living, breathing artists…”

The collaboration began three years ago, when McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac for the group’s “On With The Show” tour. The pair went in to record new material prior to rehearsals for the tour and their natural creative chemistry was reignited. According to Buckingham, “We were exploring a creative process, and the identity of the project took on a life organically. The body of work felt like it was meant to be a duet album. We acknowledged that to each other on many occasions, and said to ourselves, ‘what took us so long?!!’”

Working their natural singer songwriter skills together came easily for the duo. Said Christine McVie, “We’ve always written well together, Lindsey and I, and this has just spiraled into something really amazing that we’ve done between us.”

Sessions for the album took place at The Village Studios in Los Angeles, which is where Fleetwood Mac recorded several of their classic albums, including Tusk. Buckingham and McVie were joined in the studio by fellow bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, who supplied much of the dynamic rhythmic engine.

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Date

City

Venue

October 14, 2017

San Jose, CA

City National Civic

October 15, 2017

Paso Robles, CA

Vina Robles Amphitheatre

October 17, 2017

Santa Barbara, CA

Arlington Theater

October 19, 2017

San Diego, CA

Humphrey’s

October 20, 2017

Indio, CA

Fantasy Springs Casino

October 22, 2017

Midland, TX

Noel Wagner Performing Arts Center

October 24, 2017

Irving, TX

The Pavilion at Irving Music Factory

October 25, 2017

Little Rock, AR

Robinson Performance Hall

October 27, 2017

Indianapolis, IN

Murat Theatre

October 28, 2017

St. Louis, MO

Fox Theatre – St. Louis

October 30, 2017

Minneapolis, MN

Northrop Auditorium – University of Minnesota

October 31, 2017

Milwaukee, WI

Riverside Theatre

November 2, 2017

Charleston, WV

The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences

November 3, 2017

Northfield, OH

Hard Rock Live

November 5, 2017

Louisville, KY

The Louisville Palace Theater

November 7, 2017

Orlando, FL

Dr. Phillips Center

November 9, 2017

Clearwater, FL

Ruth Eckerd Hall

November 11, 2017

Hollywood, FL

Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena

November 12, 2017

Jacksonville, FL

Moran Theatre (Times Union Center PAC)

November 14, 2017

San Antonio, TX

Majestic Theatre

November 15, 2017

Austin, TX

Bass Concert Hall

November 16, 2017

Sugar Land, TX

Smart Financial Centre

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When discussing making a list of favorite shows with the staff, I also found it hard to narrow that list down to a select handful of shows. Everyone experiences a concert in their own terms, whether it’s the show itself, maybe it’s the people you met there and the new friendships created, or maybe it was meeting the artist at the show. For my criteria, I tried to stick to just the show itself, but again, it was sometimes hard to do.
My first concert was Sammy Hagar’s first tour with Van Halen at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY, on August 30, 1986. My favorites are as follows:
1. Kiss – Tiger Stadium - Detroit, Michigan 6/28/96
2. SARS (Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, and handful of other bands) - Downsview Park – Toronto, Ontario 7/30/03
3. Paul McCartney (every McCartney show I saw was awesome, but Iwent with my first show) Air Canada Centre -Toronto, Ontario 10/10/05
4. Motley Crue – Memorial Auditorium – Buffalo, NY 12/19/89
5. Kid Rock – Tweeter Center - Camden, New Jersey 3/25/06
The honorable mentions would be any McCartney show (The Joint at the Hard Rock, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2009 or Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario 8/10/10), Prince (Club 2112) at the Rio Hotel, Las Vegas 12/30/07, Heart (Pulse Lounge * only 200 people) Hilton Hotel, Anaheim, California, January 21,2008, Monsters of Rock (Van Halen, Scorpions, Metallica, Dokken, and Kingdom Come) Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY 6/19/88 and the Rocklahoma Festival (Queensryche, Lita Ford, Triumph, etc.). Also, Cher (with my mom) at the Blue Cross Arena Rochester, NY, November 22, 2004.

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